Gunsmith

Join CAL FIRE; Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join CAL FIRE is seeking an armorer to perform the full range of work involved in the maintenance and repair of small arms, including pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, automatic weapons, and related accessories. The role requires diagnosing mechanical deficiencies, disassembling weapons, replacing worn parts, and test firing to ensure safety and ease of operation.

The position emphasizes precise workmanship with hand and machine tools, precision gauges, and alignment devices, along with

Qualifications

• Maintenance and repair of small arms including pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles and accessories.
• Diagnose mechanical deficiencies and malfunctions; locate faults.
• Disassemble weapons, assemble subassemblies and components.
• Replace barrels, firing pins, springs, safety devices and other parts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and repair small arms to ensure safety, accuracy and reliability.
• Disassemble weapons, identify worn or defective parts and perform replacements.
• Test fire and perform operational checks after repairs to confirm proper function.
• Utilize precision gauges, hand tools and alignment devices to ensure correct tolerances.

Job description

Performs the full range of work involved in the maintenance and repair of small arms; makes initial diagnosis and locates mechanical deficiencies and malfunctions in pistols, revolvers, shotguns, rifles, automatic weapons, and other small arms and accessories; disassembles weapons, assembles subassemblies, and other components; examines for defects, mechanical misalignment, and malfunctions; replaces barrels, firing pins, springs, trigger mechanisms, shell ejectors, sights, safety devices, bolts, stocks, and other parts and assemblies; modifies small weapons by replacing obsolete parts; uses hand and machine tools, precision gauges and test instruments, jigs and alignment devices in making repairs, modifications, and adjustments; test fires and makes operational checks of new or repaired arms to assure safety, accuracy, and ease of operation.

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